The Shadow Spirit (2007)
A series of murders of beautiful girls occur in Tokyo not long after the end of the war. Also the daughter of a retired actress, Yuzuki Yoko, has gone missing. In the meantime, a religious cult that claims to shut away misfortunes in a box has been gaining popularity, displaying an eerie aspect. Yoko's daughter is alleged to have been run over by a train, and taken into a research institute situated in a gigantic box-shaped building. A private detective Enokizu (Abe Hiroshi), a writer Sekiguchi (Shiina Kippei), a journalist Atsuko and a police detective Kiba each pursues their own case, and Chuzenji (Tsutsumi Shinichi), an owner of a secondhand bookshop, "Kyogoku Do" suspects that all cases are linked to the box-shaped research institute.
Director: Masato Harada
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Shinichi Tsutsumi as kyougokudo |
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Kippei Shiina as Sekiguchi |
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Hiroshi Abe as enokizu reijirou |
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Hiroyuki Miyasako as kiba syutarou |
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Akira Emoto as mimasaka koushirou |
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Hitomi Kuroki as yuzuki youko |
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Rena Tanaka as Atsuko chuzenji |
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Ryoko Shinohara as |
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Aoi Shimoyama as |
| Directing | Masato Harada | Director |
| Writing | Masato Harada | Writer |
| Writing | Natsuhiko Kyogoku | Original Story |
| Art | Kazumi Osaka | Decorator |
| Production | Yuji Kanda | Associate Producer |
| Production | Hideki Ujiie | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | 小沼みどり | Makeup & Hair |